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Horizontal-tube falling film condensers are used in many fields: chemical industries, refrigeration, desalination, cooling, etc. However, their performances cannot be predicted precisely due to the complexity of the phenomena. In this paper, heat and mass transfer in a horizontal-tube falling-film c

GECOL and a consulting consortium of experts from ZSW, German Wind Energy Institute (DEWI) and Lahmeyer International (LI) are preparing the installation of an experimental plant for seawater reverse osmosis desalination powered from renewable energy sources (SWRO+RES) at Libya’s coast of the Medite

The characteristics of membrane surface have a significant effect on membrane performance. In this study two commercial reverse osmosis membranes both made from polyvinyl alcohol named TFC-ULP and TFC-SR2 were challenged with tap water. The performances of the membranes were completely different. Fo

The Tajoura seawater desalination plant, producing 10,000 m³/d for mostly domestic uses, is Libya’s largest reverse osmosis plant. The plant was designed to operate continuously 355 days per year producing drinking water meeting the WHO standards with TDS concentrations not exceeding 500 mg/l from M

This paper is intended to describe some of the experiences in Malta in the application of desalination technology. This is put in the context of its relevance to national development and the economy, to the technology environment where it fitted and to its contribution to and impact on integrated wa

Utilizing power plants in seawater desalination is one of the recent trends to cover the gap between the increasing water demand and the shortage in water resources in the new millenium. The fast development in the reverse osmosis (RO) desalination technique and membrane manufacturing technology ren